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WATCH: How the guilty verdict in the Kim Potter trial could influence police reform "Whether it be Rodney King, or whether it be George Floyd or any of the number of incidents we've seen over the last 30 years: How police deal with force is at the heart of ...
... people. That initiative launched just as the foundation opened up about the tens of millions in donations it took in after the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, a case that helped spark racial justice protests across the U.S. and around the world. Earlier this ...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The city of Richmond — the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War — has removed its last public Confederate statue. Richmond removed its other Confederate monuments amid the racial justice protests that followed George Floyd’s killing in 2020. But efforts to remove the statue ...
... police officers involved in the killing of George Floyd was sentenced today to 3.5 years in state prison. J. Alexander Kueng helped to restrain Floyd during a fatal encounter in may 2020. Kueng is already serving federal prison time for violating Floyd's civil rights. Inflation at the wholesale ...
... a return to the Jim Crow era. The lawsuit filed by Ben Crump, a Florida-based civil rights attorney known for representing family members of George Floyd and other Black people killed by police, stems from congressional approval of $5 billion in debt relief for thousands of farmers of color ...
... stakes. A standout cut is called "Hold the Line." He played it for his siblings and parents before the album's release. Bartees Strange: After George Floyd died, I remember watching the news and seeing his daughter, Gianna, talking to the press about what had happened. And everyone was like ...
... old Black man, was shot following a confrontation with two white police officers in June 2020. The shooting came just weeks after the death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. It sparked a new wave of demonstrations in Atlanta against police brutality and racial injustice ...
... work used to be very historical, and then became more contemporary as I began doing paintings that were set in real time. So shortly after George Floyd was murdered, and an all of the protests began happening all around us, it made a lot of sense to create artwork that ...
... he fears for next election cycle if Trump runs for office He tripped up at one point when discussing protests, some which turned violent, after George Floyd’s 2020 killing. Rhodes said he supports “their right to riot” before quickly correcting himself to say he supports their right to protest ...
The most recent charter review process kicked off in 2020, as protests over the police killing of George Floyd erupted nightly on Portland's streets and a nationwide reckoning with racism prompted conversations about making government more accountable and equitable. The charter commission held public meetings and contracted with a ...
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